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Araucaria

Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Araucaria de Jussieu
1914Araucaria Berry p. 19
1919Araucaria Knowlton
1990Araucaria Hill
1991Araucaria Chandra and Tewari
1991Araucaria Srivastava
1995Araucaria McLoughlin et al.
2012Araucaria Brea et al.
2016Araucaria Iglesias p. 363
2018Araucaria Andruchow-Colombo et al.
2020Araucaria Stiles et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumTracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
—Pteridobiotina
superphylumPteridophytanae
phylumEquisetophytaScott 1900
RankNameAuthor
classEquisetopsidaAgardh 1825
subclassPinidae
familyAraucariaceaeHenckel and Hochstetter 1865
genusAraucariade Jussieu 1789

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Araucaria de Jussieu 1789
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†Araucaria annulata Pole 1992
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Invalid names: Araucarioides annulata Bigwood and Hill 1985 [replaced]
†Araucaria balcombensis Selling 1950
†Araucaria bladenensis Berry 1908
†Araucaria clarkii Berry 1910
†Araucaria fibrosa Césari et al. 2009
†Araucaria fimbriatus Hill 1990
†Araucaria grandifolia Del Fueyo and Archangelsky 2002
†Araucaria hastiensis Hill and Bigwood 1987
†Araucaria hatcheri Wieland 1908
†Araucaria jeffreyi Berry 1908
†Araucaria lefipanensis Andruchow-Colombo et al. 2018
†Araucaria lignitici Cookson and Duigan 1951
†Araucaria longifolia Brown 1962
†Araucaria marensii Cantrill and Poole 2005
†Araucaria marylandica Berry 1916
†Araucaria megastrobilii Sharma and Bohra 1977
†Araucaria nathorsti Dusen 1899
†Araucaria obtusifolia Fontaine 1889
†Araucaria planus Hill 1990
†Araucaria podocarpoides Fontaine 1889
†Araucaria prominens Hill 1990
†Araucaria readiae Hill and Bigwood 1987
†Araucaria spatulata Newberry 1868
†Araucaria taeriensis Pole 1995
†Araucaria uncinatus Hill 1990
†Araucaria zamioides Fontaine 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Pleistocene or 192.90000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (111 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1India (Jharkhand) A. megastrobilii (229182)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian192.9 - 174.7Russian Federation (Kaliningradskaya Oblast) A. battica (235077)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Argentina (Chubut) A. sp. 1 (29373)
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic174.7 - 143.1Argentina (Santa Cruz) A. sp. 1 (29371)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) A. mirabilis (200039)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France A. moreauana (24421)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India A. sp. 1, A. sp. 2, A. sp. 3 (30129)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Rajasthan) A. sp. 1 (30133)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Telangana) A. sp. 1, A. sp. 2 (30126)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2USA (Wyoming) A. sp. (46465)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) A. sp. (58507)
Berriasian - Late/Upper Valanginian143.1 - 132.6South Africa A. rogersii (38317)
Berriasian - Late/Upper Valanginian143.1 - 132.6South Africa (Eastern Cape) A. rogersii (11153 38301 38312)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5USA (Georgia) A. bladenensis, A. jeffreyi (212692)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6South Africa (Eastern Cape) A. rogersii (33130)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) A. grandifolia (151296)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) A. mkuziensis (20709 20711)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) A. grandifolia (152638)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Mexico (Puebla) A. sp. (80283)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (New South Wales) A. sp. (38543)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Australia (Queensland) A. sp. (21113 21115)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Eocene100.5 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) A. taeriensis (170135 170878)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Carolina) A. bladensensis (212238) A. darlingtonensis (212235) A. jeffreyi (210094)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica A. fibrosa (234985)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2South Africa (Northern Cape) A. sp. (55737)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) A. sp. (230912)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) A. mirabilis (168549)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) A. bladenensis (212693)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica A. sp. (150274)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) A. jeffreyi (212694)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) A. lefipanensis (197638)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica A. antarctica (150986 150992)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (Montana) A. longifolia (53692)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) A. longifolia (55853)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) A. longifolia (57963 57990)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Australia (Tasmania) A. sp. (166741) A. sp. A (167653) A. sp. A, A. readiae (166977) A. sp. B (167670)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Argentina (Chubut) A. TY013 (133043 133056 133061) A. pichileufensis, A. TY0013 (133047) A. pichileufensis, A. TY013 (133054 133063)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene56.0 - 5.333Argentina A. pichileufensis (32201)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) A. sp. (169358)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9Australia (Tasmania) Araucarioides annulata, A. hastiensis, A. annulata (166978)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Australia (Tasmania) A. fimbriatus (166705) A. sp. 1 (166832)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) A. sp., A. lignitici (169006 169007 169237)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene33.9 - 5.333Argentina (Rio Negro) A. nathorsti (31540)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Australia (Tasmania) A. fimbriatus (167317)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Australia (Tasmania) A. planus, A. prominens, A. uncinatus (167314)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Argentina (Rio Negro) A. nathorsti (137127)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Miocene27.3 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) A. lignitici (167351)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) A. balcombensis (169044)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Chile A. araucoensis (32460 32464)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) A. marensii (176577)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) A. balcombensis (71242)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia (Victoria) Araucaria indet. (172830 172832 172833 172837 172867 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172876 172877 172878 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) A. sp. (168819 168822 168888 168889 168890 168891 168892 168893 168904 168918 168924)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) A. sp. (168896)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Araucaria indet. (168747) A. sp. (168749 168750 168751 168752 168753 168755)